MP: 'real issue with tax abuse'

Conservative MP Charlie Elphicke says he thinks there is a "real issue in
the UK with tax abuse", which is "unfair on hard-working families"
who pay their taxes, after Take That stars were criticised for their
involvement in a tax avoidance scheme

Barlow and two other members of Take That refused to comment on reports over the weekend that they face having to pay tens of millions of pounds in tax after a court ruled a partnership in which they invested was a tax avoidance scheme.

The singer along with Howard Donald, Mark Owen and their manager Jonathan Wild invested £66 million into two partnerships styled as music industry investment schemes, according to reports.

But Conservative MP Charlie Elphicke said he believed their was a "real issue in the UK with tax abuse", which is "unfair on hard-working families" who pay their taxes.

He said the Coalition had done more in the last four to prevent tax abuse, than previous governments had done in the last 20.